Gallup Sun

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Running Time: 95 minutes

It’s tough competing with the big studios, who have far more money and production services at their disposal. So, it’s great anytime that a small film tires to compete against the majors and comes out on top. Such is the case with Upgrade, a small, independent science-fiction/action film full of inventive visual and original ideas that make it just as effective, if not more so, than its expensive big budget counterparts.

Set in a future populated with flying drones and self-driving cars, the story involves Grey Trace (Logan Marshall-Green), a man who prefers to spend his time away from technology and working on antique...

Time for another look at highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. There are some interesting features arriving that are both new and old. So, if you can’t make it out to the movies this week, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

BIG NEW RELEASES!

Annihilation - Based on the first book in the Southern Reach Trilogy, this science-fiction tale involves the sudden appearance of a hidden portal that sends travelers into a land where the laws of nature don’t apply. When her husband disappears into the zone and returns home changed, a biologist decides to venture in with a team and investigate the phenomena for themselves. Reaction towards this eccentric tale was...

Friday, June 1

Pollentongue Poetry Night

6 - 8pm

ART123 Gallery

6 - 7pm: Bring a poem to workshop.

7 - 8pm: Open mic.

www.galluparts.org/poetry

 

Friday, June 8

Artist Reception

6 - 9pm

ART123 Gallery

Artist Shannon Gurley O’Donnell opens “Little Treasures: A Collection of Small Paintings” at ART123.

 

Saturday, June 9

ArtsCrawl: Out of Hand

7 - 9pm

Downtown Gallup

Artist demos, hands on workshops, live music.

Facebook @ArtsCrawlGallup

 

Saturday, June 9

2nd Annual Doin’ Dylan: Gallup’s Bob Dylan Tribute Concert

6:30 - 9pm

Gallup Downtown Conference Center

Feat. McManus & Juda, Daniel Plays Dylan, and Joe West & Friends...

Teaching the lost art of Diné garment-making

Gallup-McKinley County Schools Johnson-O’Malley Program hosted a workshop to all GMCS-JOM students and their parents May 19 at the Student Support Center to learn how to make skirts Diné style.

The workshop was open to students who were interested in making skirts for themselves or family members. The event which drew in over 15 participants, and was the first of its kind for area students to learn how to make traditional Diné skirts.

Johnson-O’Malley Program Director Carmen Moffett got the idea from a similar event that was held in Albuquerque at UNM.

“I thought why don’t we host our own workshop, we have the funds under our...